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• Copland's new CTA407 flagship integrated amplifier arrives in the UK - What Hi-Fi?

  05-04-2023 17:47 via news.google.com
  
  Copland's new CTA407 flagship integrated amplifier arrives in the UK  What Hi-Fi?
  
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• Junior doctors in England: share your views on the BMA strike

  05-04-2023 17:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Junior doctors in England have announced a walkout on Tuesday 11 April to Saturday 15 AprilJunior doctors in England are set to strike from Tuesday 11 April to Saturday 15 April, which will affect every NHS hospital in England.The British Medical Association is calling for a 35% pay rise for junior doctors, whose salaries have fallen in value in real terms by 26% since 2008/09. Continue reading...
  
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• Share your memories of the Volkswagen Golf car

  05-04-2023 17:19 via theguardian.com
  
  As VW is set to phase out the internal combustion engine version of the car, we would like to hear your memoriesThe Volkswagen Golf is well-loved by drivers, but after nearly 50 years in production the Golf Mark 8 will be the last combustion engine version of the hatchback. While VW plans to keep the name for a future electric version, this will be seen as the end of an era.With this in mind, we would like to hear your memories of your first VW Golf. Perhaps it was your first car? What did it me
  
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• 'It’s a circus': Outside Trump's surreal day in court – video

  05-04-2023 17:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Donald Trump became the first US president to be indicted on criminal charges on Tuesday. Guardian reporter Adam Gabbatt was on the ground amid the media frenzy outside the Manhattan courthouse. He spoke to critics and fans of Trump about what they thought of the development and what it could mean for America Continue reading...
  
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• Joe Biden: US president confirms visit to Northern Ireland

  05-04-2023 16:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US president will arrive in Belfast on 11 April before going to Dublin the next day.
  
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• Boy, five, killed after being hit by bus in Glasgow

  05-04-2023 16:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police Scotland say a nine-year-old girl was also injured in the incident in Govanhill, Glasgow.
  
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• Twenty-one convicted in West Midlands child sex abuse inquiry

  05-04-2023 15:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Seven children were abused over nearly a decade in Walsall and Wolverhampton, police say.
  
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• Royal Mail pay talks with union collapse

  05-04-2023 15:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The long-running row between the CWU and the postal firm continues after recent discussions failed.
  
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• KSI: YouTuber visits mosque after racial slur in Sidemen video

  05-04-2023 15:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Videos of KSI meeting those at the mosque have gained millions of views on social media.
  
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• Fairtrade founder and climate activist: 10 things you didn’t know about Christian Aid

  05-04-2023 15:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Now in its eighth decade, Christian Aid is inspired by teachings of love, acceptance and standing alongside marginalised peopleIn the mid 1940s, communities from churches in Britain and Ireland banded together to support refugees displaced by the second world war. This loose coalition coalesced in 1945 into Christian Aid, which went on to raise the equivalent of more than £3m to alleviate suffering across Europe. Nearly 80 years later, it continues to support the disenfranchised and oppres
  
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• ‘Partnership is the only way’: Christian Aid says working with other organisations is vital to help communities eradicate poverty

  05-04-2023 15:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Ojobo Ode Atuluku, the charity’s international programme director, explains how partnerships empower those in needWiping out extreme poverty is a huge ambition – much bigger than any one charity or campaign can achieve on its own. That’s why Christian Aid, which works in some of the world’s most vulnerable communities around the world, operates primarily in partnership with local and national organisations that share the same goal.“We see ourselves as an organisatio
  
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• ‘I was able to sell pigeon peas at a better price’: the Malawi union helping farmers grow their market

  05-04-2023 15:30 via theguardian.com
  
  The Nandolo Farmers Association of Malawi is supporting farmers – especially women – who grow pigeon peas to access better markets and secure fairer prices in the face of spiralling costsThings have been tough around the world for a while. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, combined with the climate crisis and the pandemic, has had a huge global impact on everything from the quality of our lives to the cost of living. Prices have been increasing at an alarming rate – in the UK
  
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• Salcombe named UK's most expensive seaside town

  05-04-2023 15:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Devon and Cornwall dominate a list of the most expensive seaside spots in Britain.
  
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• ‘People find their own solutions’: why disaster relief needs to be led by the survivors

  05-04-2023 15:29 via theguardian.com
  
  An agreement between donors and humanitarian organisations has resulted in people affected by crises being helped more effectivelyNot so long ago, the standard procedure in a disaster was for a large non-governmental organisation (NGO) or aid organisation to decide what a community needed and simply to give it to them. “One of [the humanitarian sector’s] worst failings historically is that it has been supply led, not demand led,” says Michael Mosselmans, head of humanitarian di
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon's husband Peter Murrell arrested in SNP finance probe

  05-04-2023 15:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Peter Murrell was taken into police custody as officers searched his home and the SNP's headquarters.
  
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• Peter Murrell's arrest over SNP finances: What just happened?

  05-04-2023 15:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Glenn Campbell outlines what is known about the police investigation into the SNP's finances.
  
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• Dover to stagger coaches to avoid Easter delays

  05-04-2023 15:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Travel will be spread across three days and temporary border controls will be installed.
  
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• Fareham and Waterlooville: Home Secretary faces fellow MP in selection battle

  05-04-2023 14:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Conservative Party members are expected to vote later to choose a candidate for a new constituency.
  
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• Stormont crisis: Punishment budget awaits Stormont, Conor Murphy warns

  05-04-2023 14:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Conor Murphy was speaking after the parties met the head of the civil service on budget pressures.
  
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• Drug-driver jailed for causing motorcyclist death

  05-04-2023 14:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dean Jackson gave a positive drugs test after he turned into the path of Yvonne Motherwell.
  
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• Genesis Market: Popular cybercrime website shut down by police

  05-04-2023 14:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Genesis Market allowed online fraudsters to buy passwords and other personal data for less than $1.
  
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• Report: Sony May Be Working On A New PlayStation Handheld After All - Forbes

  05-04-2023 14:20 via news.google.com
  Report: Sony May Be Working On A New PlayStation Handheld After All  ForbesNew PlayStation Handheld Rumors Explained | GameSpot News  GameSpotWould You Care About a PS5 Remote Play Handheld?  Push SquareGames Inbox Is PlayStation making too much hardware and too few games?  Metro.co.ukView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Businesses in NI face perfect storm warning

  05-04-2023 13:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The new financial year can bring an increase in many costs from wages to business rates.
  
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• Banksy mural in Lowestoft removed from wall of house

  05-04-2023 12:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A council says it is "disappointed" but has no jurisdiction as the building is private property.
  
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• ‘A necessary step forward’: readers on the Guardian’s Cotton Capital series

  05-04-2023 12:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Your reactions to the project investigating the Guardian founders’ links to slavery and the impact of the slave tradeEight readers share their reaction to the Guardian’s Cotton Capital project, a special reporting series stemming from an investigation into the Guardian founders’ links to slavery and exploring how the transatlantic slave trade changed this newspaper, Britain and the world. Continue reading...
  
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• Law change could aid single-sex spaces - watchdog

  05-04-2023 12:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government says it will consider the advice from the human rights regulator.
  
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• Judge says parents and children should receive infected blood payments

  05-04-2023 12:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thousands of families could receive compensation payments in scandal that killed more than 3,000 people.
  
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• Inside the life coaching cult that takes over lives

  05-04-2023 11:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lighthouse separates people from loved ones and harasses critics, an 18-month BBC investigation finds.
  
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• APPGs: Reforms urged to protect Parliament from 'hostile foreign actors'

  05-04-2023 11:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Standards committee wants tighter rules to prevent foreign influence on All Party Parliamentary Groups.
  
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• We asked Bing with ChatGPT and Google Bard what phone to buy — here's what happened - Tom's Guide

  05-04-2023 11:01 via news.google.com
  
  We asked Bing with ChatGPT and Google Bard what phone to buy — here's what happened  Tom's GuideMicrosoft just made your ChatGPT-powered Bing experience less frustrating  TechRadarMicrosoft's vision for a prosperous content ecosystem in a generative AI world  Search Engine LandBing Chat can be a paywall remover: Here's how  GhacksStop whining about ChatGPT and Bing AI's mistakes. They're not human and don't care  TechRadarView Full coverage
  
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• ‘Sweetness and solace’: Baldwin Lee’s portrait of the deep south – in pictures

  05-04-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  From dilapidated shacks on dirt yards to children playing on train tracks, the Chinese-American photographer explored Black lives in the southern US states Continue reading...
  
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• The Formula 1 hopeful who has only just passed her test

  05-04-2023 07:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chloe Grant is a potential racing star - but until a few days ago she could not drive down her own street.
  
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• Luton Town fan begins 118-stadium cycle challenge

  05-04-2023 07:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mark "Mad Hatter" Crowther says cycling 2,500 miles in 34 days will be his toughest challenge yet.
  
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• Cycling: Bridgend family 'got no justice' for son's crash death

  05-04-2023 07:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tony Jones says it is "a farce" that the man who killed his son was spared jail.
  
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• Dog show pulled over ear crops moved to new venue in Manchester

  05-04-2023 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The event run by the American Bully Kennel Club was previously cancelled after a BBC investigation.
  
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• Why headteachers are fighting back against Ofsted inspections – podcast

  05-04-2023 04:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The death of headteacher Ruth Perry after a devastating report from schools watchdog Ofsted has prompted a growing backlash. Michelle Sheehy, headteacher of Millfield primary school in the West Midlands, explains whyWhen Ofsted inspectors visited Ruth Perry’s primary school in Reading last year, they told her it would be downgraded to the lowest ranking because of gaps they found in the school’s safeguarding administration. Perry’s death last month has led to an outpouring of a
  
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• Coronation invitations issued by King Charles and 'Queen Camilla'

  05-04-2023 01:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  King Charles's wife had been known as Queen Consort but the Palace makes her new title official.
  
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• Men out-earning women: Five things you need to know

  05-04-2023 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Don't just blame companies for the imbalance, society needs to change, say experts.
  
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